i want to make gorgeous cupcakes like the ones on lolas-kitchen

[misdee]

drool i would be supermum if i could bake like that!

If you give it a go misdee can i be your quality control person?

i have 3 very eager volenteers already.

i can bake cakes.

i cannot ice for the life of me.

i want cupcakes now!!

They do look good, shame i am doing weight watchers at the moment although that would NOT stop me indulging in one of those cakes

misdee who oh why would you show me that when they don't deliver to scotland

look at these and these too

[wail][meep][sob][whinge][rushes off to look at property pages for moving to london]

dizzy they dont deliver to me either, i am outside of thir area.

but i want to make some, am looking up cupcake recipies now, so will be shopping tonight/tomorrow lol.

I have a fab easy one that the kids love using yogurt - have never looked like those but am happy to post the receipe if you'd like

OR should we just sod it all and stick the kids on a bus to london tomorrow like the lady in the heat magazine advert!?

you should have a wee peek at this page but be warned, am taking no responsibility for your actions once you've looked

yum yum

i think i need better cake cases. taller and slimmer maybe...

and something to pipe icing. what icing is good?

i'm going to master good cupcakes in time for the summer fayre, so i can be supermum lol.

Dizzy - please do post your recipe!!

Have you had cheesecake from there though? I did for DH's b'day and wasn't very impressed - maybe I was unlucky.

sniffy no. we've never had one, just admired from afar, how disappointing that you weren't impressed by it, its really dh thats the cheesecake freak - I've just about managed to perfect a white chocolate cheesecake with him as a guinea pig

cupcakes here:

125g sunflower spread
125g caster sugar
2 medium eggs, beaten
1 x 125g pot fruit flavoured yoghurt
100g self raising flower

icing here:
100g soft cream cheese
40g icing sugar
1tbsp marmalade

sprinkles if you want

put sunflower spread/sugar/eggs/flour and half the tub of youhurt into a bowl and mix it up using electric whisk

half fill paper cases and pop in oven at 180 degrees for approx 18mins

cool on wire rack

beat cream cheese/icing sugar and marmalade together and cpread over cooled cakes

WARNING - these are VERY addictive

I use tesco finest lemon curd yoghurt (stole one of dh's once) and it was LOVELY but stgrawberry yoghurts are nice too

because you only use half a pot of the yoghurt for one batch I normally make 2

marmalade icing is lovely too - have made it with normal orange marmalade and lemon & lime marmalade which is also lovely!

enjoy ladies

I feel a baking fest coming on

I thought the cheesecake was a bit watery and just not as utterly delish as I had hoped (v. expensive so high expectations!)

DH prefers Nigella's my baked version.

cappuccino cupcakes Chocolate Red Velvet cupcakes are some I have posted on my blog... I do have a good recipe for some Very Vanilla Cupcakes but I don't think I have blogged it... well I will just have to get my apron out and bake some then

ohh have jsut found Very Vanilla Cupcakes with Nutella Iceing

it's DH's birthday on Saturday. He wants a lemon drizzle cake but i might have to do some cupcakes as well now...

sirdigby tis dd2's birthday tomorrow and she has SPECIFICALLY told me that she wants all of the above and sigh, as a mother who am I to refuse

she'll be 2 btw

What is the gas mark equivalent for 180 degrees?

The telegraph yesterday had wonderful recipes for cup cakes and cup cakes with lemon curd inside and chees frosting
cupcakes

I've found my spiritual home, and I'm never leaving here again.

Cakes R Us Me

What's the gas mark equivalent for 180 degrees?

4 I think

Can totally vouch for dizzydixes cupcakes.

Swiss buttercream is good for icing and decorating with sugarpaste flowers are good, or do embossed fondant. Also do butterflies/mini shoes/handbags/mini tea sets etc, the possibilities are endless.

Look here and here and here is where I get my insipiration for the cupcakes I do.

Dizzy - could you please post the recipe for your cheesecake. I tried to make one recently and wasn't my best effort.

Thanks

get a good icing piping bag and I guarantee you'll have lovely decorated cup cakes!